Coil-spring weed-hook.



No. 702,528. Patented lune I7, I902.

s. T. BAPPE;

COIL SPRING WEED HUfl'K.

(Application filed Apr. 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNIT-ED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE. A

en oscn THOMAS BAPPE, OF h lQYILLE, IOWA.

COIL-SPRINGWEED-IHOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 702,528, dated June 1'7, 1902. Application filed April'2, 190 2. Sei'ial'N'oJ 101,126. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern/.

Be it known that I, GEORGE THOMAS BAPPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moville, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coil-Spring 'Weed-Hooks; and I do declare the following to .be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relatesto new anduseful improvements inattachments for shovel or disk cultivators, and comprises a coil-spring weed-hook which is adj ustably held upon a vertical post to the beam of a cultivator and provided at its lower end withan adjustable coil-spring having one end thereof flexible and projected at right angles to form an arm adapted to engage with and turn over the weed at a location in advance of the shovel.

The invention consists, further,'in various details of construction, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultivator, showing my invention attached there Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetailview of one T30. of the posts, and Fig. 3'is adetail view showing the means for adjusting thecoil-spring weed-hook to the post carryingthe same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A A designate the beams of an ordinary cultivator, which may be eitherashovel or disk cultivator, and at any suitable locations, preferably in advance of the shovelor disk, as the case may be, is

mounted a post B, having a series of perforations therein, and C designates'a bolt which is adapted to befpassed'throughany one of said perforation-s andalso through a registering aperture in the beam of the cultivator. E designates a plate which is centrally apertured to receive said bolt and has its opposite longitudinal edges flanged and adapted to fit over the upper and lower edges of the barfof nates a bolt passed through an aperture in I said rounded portion, which bolt passes" through said clamping-jaw and is provided,

for the purpose of holding the clamping end of said jawin engagement withthe end of the coil-springK, which maybe held about the lower end ofs'aid post in any suitable'position. One end of said coil-'springis bent to raised or lowered to adapt the same for opera cultivator.

Having thus fully described my invention, V what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A weeder attachment' for cultivators, comprising a post adapted to be held to the beam of a cultivator and vertically adjustheld to saidpost, asset fort I 2. An attachment for cultivators comprising a vertically-adjustable post. a coil-spring able, anda coil-spring having a flenible end detachablyheld upon the end of said postand o having a flexible arm adapted to project at right angles from the post, as set forth.

3. In combination with a cultivator-beam,

a perforated post, a plate carried by the beam,

and the bolt'passing through said bolt, plate" and beam, a jaw mounted upon said post, and

a coil-spring about the lower end of said post, .and held thereto by said jaw, an end of said spring being bent to form a flexible arm at right angles to the post, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witness'es.* h

Witnesses:

A. H. BYRKIT, GEO. H. FLYNN.

GEORGETHQMA-SBAPPE. I

5 form a flexible arm, K, adapted to project lat W I er-ally from the post and serve asa means for turning the weeds in advance of the turning plow andis adapted to extendadjacent to theplants which are being cultivated. 7

From the foregoing it will be observed that' by the use of'niy improved weeder attach v ments means are provided whereby'the arms and the posts carrying said arms may be A p 75 'ation at different elevations and, maybe easily'applied to or detached from the beamsof. 

